# Election disinformation harming U.S. elections concerns eight-in-ten Americans

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted in April 2024, 79% of Americans said they were worried that election disinformation will harm elections in the U.S. This includes 41% who said somewhat worried and 38% who said very worried.

About one in five said they were not worried (21%), with 14% who said not very worried and 7% who said not worried at all.

## Topline

How worried are you that election disinformation will harm elections in the U.S.?

79% of Americans worry that election disinformation will harm U.S. elections.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat worried: 41.4%
- Very worried: 37.8%
- Not very worried: 14.1%
- Not worried at all: 6.6%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2024-04-10 → 2024-04-15
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: 2
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: module-specific weights: weight_m1 for module 1, weight_m2 for module 2
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#election-disinformation-concerns](https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#election-disinformation-concerns)

## Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2024-037, fielded April 10-15, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#election-disinformation-concerns](https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#election-disinformation-concerns)